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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

message
     n 1: a communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or
          signaled; "he sent a three-word message"
     2: what a communication that is about something is about [syn:
        content, subject matter, substance]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Message \Mes"sage\ (?; 48), n. [F., fr. LL. missaticum, fr. L.
   mittere, missum, to send. See Mission, and cf.
   Messenger.]
   1. Any notice, word, or communication, written or verbal,
      sent from one person to another.

            Ehud said, I have a message from God unto thee.
                                                  --Judg. iii.
                                                  20.

   2. Hence, specifically, an official communication, not made
      in person, but delivered by a messenger; as, the
      President's message.

   Message shell. See Shell.
Message \Mes"sage\, v. t.
   To bear as a message. [Obs.]
Message \Mes"sage\, n. [OE., fr. OF. message, fr. LL.
   missaticus. See 1st Message.]
   A messenger. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (2003-OCT-10) 

message

   In object-oriented programming sending a message to an
   object (to invoke a method) is equivalent to calling a
   procedure in traditional programming languages, except that
   the actual code executed may only be selected at run time
   depending on the class of the object.  Thus, in response to
   the message "drawSelf", the method code invoked would be
   different if the target object were a circle or a square.

   (1995-02-16)